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Judicial Pushback against Cow Vigilantism: Allahabad HC flags arbitrary FIRs, demands accountability from top officials
The Court exposes the way a regulatory law has become a system of targeted persecution of minorities through arbitrary FIRs under the 1955 law while ignoring the Supreme Court’s binding directives to prohibit group violence
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Pegasus scandal: SC stays Justice Lokur Commission probe
Decision comes even as it is revealed that Rona Wilson’s laptop was infected with Pegasus spyware
No need to amend UAPA: Centre
Regarding questions about custodial deaths, the Home Ministry said it has no data
Assam woman first declared Indian, then foreigner; Gauhati HC sets her free
The woman hails from a socio-economically backward family and had endured unnecessary trauma after being thrown into a detention centre because of the impugned order of the FT
We continue to treat our prisoners as subjects, not citizens: Uttarakhand HC
The Court called for prison reforms, and formed a committee to monitor the conditions of prisons in the state
Lakhimpur Kheri killings were planned: SIT
SIT recommends addition of four new, more stringent charges; investigation proceedings gain steam as state elections draw closer
Nine FIRs against detainee, basis for preventive detention under PSA: J&K HC
The Court held that one act can also suffice to satisfy preventive detention in some cases, and upheld the detention of the petitioner who was deemed to be a threat to public order
Assam police firing: State says acted in self defence as crowd attacked with lathis, bricks
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Sabrang India’s sister organisation, Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP) had assisted the 12-year-old victim’s family file the plea before the Gauhati High Court seeking compensation and calling out Assam Police for using undue and excessive force upon the crowd
History must be accepted as a whole; temple restoration plea in Qutub Minar complex rejected
The civil court in Delhi rejected the petition while holding that Qutub Minar was a protected monument and its character cannot be changed
Kanpur Dehat cop brutally thrashes man holding his child
UP police calls it ‘mild force’ suspends violent cop "insensitivity" after massive outrage as video goes viral
Guj HC raps AMC for prohibiting sale of non-veg food on streets
About 20 Ahmedabad street vendors approached the high court as their vending stalls, apparatus, raw material was all vandalised by the municipal authority
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